Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Infrastructure Engineer

Contract - inside IR35Location - GlasgowDuration - 6 months

This is for a large client based in Glasgow, with occasional travel to the office.

Other locations considered are Edinburgh, Perth, Aberdeen, Inverness

This is a Senior Infrastructure Engineer role with good understanding of Infrastructure Systems Architecture & Design

Skills of interest - Hyperv, Vmware, AIX, Azure, AWS, Configuration Management Systems -Ansible, Puppet, Chef, SCCM, Intune, ARC

Role / Principal Accountabilities:* Work with key stakeholders throughout the whole infrastructure lifecycle, providing comprehensive support to transformation and modernisation of the estate* Act as a trusted advisor and bridge between the technology services team and stakeholders, provide regular progress updates, and flag any issues accordingly* Support stakeholders to adopt and leverage the latest architecture practices, delivering effective, resilient services designs* Provide leadership, coaching and development for the immediate team and act as an evangelist within the organisation for engineering practices* Partner with Product owners and management to manage and clearly article demand planning and delivery against the projected backlog and book of work.* Continuous evolution of monitoring tools to ensure performance, availability and reliability of core infrastructureSkills & Experience Required:* End to end understanding of infrastructure systems architecture and design* Demonstrates a strong understanding of end-to-end product lifecycle, as well as how technical systems work and interact* Strong analytical skills and troubleshooting skills, with a solid understanding of operational support procedures* Strong communication skills to work with SI partners onshore and offshoreKnowledge Required:* Background in infrastructure engineering and delivery, supporting large scale infrastructure modernisation* Previous proven experience of a range of infrastructure platforms such as HyperV, VMWare, AIX* Experience of operating systems, including Linux, Unix, Windows* Experience of Microsoft Azure or AWS* Proficiency in infrastructure automation and orchestration with relevant tooling* Exposure to Configuration Management Solutions such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef, SCCM, Intune, ARC* Practical use and understanding of scripting languages* Knowledge of operating system fundamentals including diagnostics, tuning, and monitoring of IO, Networks, CPU and MemoryDesirable Skills* SC clearance* Utilities experience* Exposure to container technology i.e. Docker, Kubernetes desirable but not essential* Awareness of security assurance and design best practices i.e. NIST or CIS

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